MikeDC wrote: > Are there any android focused tutorials for developing a plugin for > the browser? I can find examples for webkit plugins but I want to try > developing a plugin that will access resources on the phone so there > is more to it than generic webkit requirements.

AFAIK, you cannot develop WebKit plugins for normal Android app distribution. You can create plugins as part of the firmware (see http://source.android.com), and you may be able to once the NDK is available for native development.

> Also, after compiling a plugin how can I install it into the browser > on my phone?

OilCan lets you customize any website by inserting JavaScript to change the website and help it reach into the Android world using intents.

OilCan inserts some powerful buttons into normal websites, and that power comes from Android intents. We didn’t write a barcode scanner or the radar app into OilCan, but using intents we can launch those apps with parameters. We can request the Barcode Scanner app to scan something and return the code to us, or launch the Radar app with a specific lat/lon.

Userscripts can do other cool stuff, like hide the navigation columns in Wikipedia to make it easier to view on small screens. This is a proof-of-concept for now, and will probably turn into a binary plugin for the default Browser in the future.

iPhone/iTouch platform is quite restricted and sandboxed. There is no
"plug in" (add-on) concept for mobile Safari so your requirements
cannot be implemented.
Go and register to ADC account (online account is free) to check
mobile Safari documentation:https://developer.apple.com/webapps/index.php
There is support for bookmarklets but it tedious to deploy from end-
consumer point of view (adding bookmarklet to mobile Safari requires
adding bookmarklet to Safari on Desktop and then resyncing bookmarks).
See for example how pastebud describes its installation ("Install
pastebud"):http://pastebud.com/